[U]Crash[/U] was the first that I had read, it is one of his most talked about so it was what I gravitated to. [U]Empire of the Sun[/U] is probably my favorite but wouldn't be the first "Ballard" to take off the shelf, it is autobiographical for one but most importantly it doesn't prepare you for some of the content that he often pursues in much of his books, such as dystopia. This is why I would recommend [U]Crash[/U] as the first book to read of his, highly controversial but also vintage Ballard.

I finished Son of a Witch last night, and it was very good. It was good in a Lord of the Rings epic way, not like chuck. it ended without ever resolving the major and central conflict, but oh well. maybe gregory maguire will write another one in ten more years.

Written by Glen Duncan...I never heard of him either. It was given to me in a box of books by a friend. I never heard of him or the book and I thought someone could tell me to read it or not waste my time...guess I will find out on my own.

Written by Glen Duncan...I never heard of him either. It was given to me in a box of books by a friend. I never heard of him or the book and I thought someone could tell me to read it or not waste my time...guess I will find out on my own.

Recently, up until even more so recently, I'd been buying books every single monday. I'm no three or four novels behind. I bought "Haunted" a few weeks ago (my first Chuck novel), and I've actually been reading and re-reading that quite a bit. Also, I've been reading some instructional texts for this little class I've been taking to polish my prose. And the other day, I bought a pack of Camels, and the nice-girl at the con. store gave me a matchbook....for free.

Haruki Murakami's [I]The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle[/I] I was totally amazed by his [I]Norwegian Wood [/I] and when I saw this book I just bought it without any hesitating. It's a big brick (600 pages) so I will have what to do for next month.

[U]Paradise Lost[/U] by John Milton. If I ever finish it... I .. I'll do a crazy thing. And I'll be proud of myself. I love self-satisfaction.
I just bought it but I'm finishing [U]The Sicilian[/U] by Mario Puzo before.

And on the cover of that one book - The cover alone made me almost not give it a chance. But then I read about the book and it was recommended because I rated Jesus' Son. Then - is when I started to consider it.

Yeah, that book is on my "need to buy soon" list. I plan on putting it in one of my next amazon orders - along with the full color version of House of Leaves (I'm going to give the one I have as a gift to someone I think ;) ).

Went to see Black Dahlia today, decent film. Afterwards I stepped into a bookstore and did some casual browsing looking about for things. Came across two books and decided to go ahead and buy them. Won't be touching them for a few weeks since I have a ton of reading to catch up on but this is what I purchased

Loved the first novel I read by Cohen (The Favorite Game) and Danielewski I still haven't read House of Leaves which I have a copy of sitting on my counter along with a dozen other books i've bought and haven't finished reading. I figured I'd just go ahead and pick up his new novel and get around to before christmas.

As of right now i'm half way through Nick Cave's novel (And The Ass Saw The Angel) and i'm loving it. Like his music and loving his prose in his novel even more. Fucking writes some colorful insane shit.

Tuckwell Press Scotland. Personal recollections by Roslin gunpowder and bomb factory workers, for 150 years until it's closure in 1954 the gunpowder mill and in the time of war, bomb factory, at Roslin near Edinburgh contributed to industrial developement of Scotland.

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